Can we can some sort of Severian revivification started for this thread, pronto? Seems such an awful shame to let these sugary treats wither in obscurity. . .

My diagnosis:1. Eastern Orthodox Church (100%) [Home, sweet home]2. Roman Catholic Church (90%) [Very close, as it was in real life. Where I would've ended up if Orthodoxy hadn't been an option; seriously, much respect to the RCs]3. Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (86%) [I'd rather not "put Jimmy in the oven"]4. Evangelical Lutheran Church (76%) [Meeh]5. Episcopal/Anglican Church (66%) [Perhaps an Anglo-Catholic church]6. Mormonism (60%) [The youtube propaganda must be working]7. Methodist/Wesleyan Church (56%) [My childhood church! I adore John Wesley. If I were to go back to Protestantism, it would likely be to a church within the Wesleyan tradition]8. Church of Christ (56%) [No. No. No.]9. International Church of Christ (56%) [The whole world over: no, no, no]10. United Pentecostal Church (56%) [I just can't stomach the charismatic movement]11. Mennonite Brethren(46%) [Integrity written all over it]12. Free Will Baptist (46%) [I'll choose to pass this one over]13. Assemblies of God (46%) 14. Presbyterian Church in America/Orthodox Presbyterian Church (40%)15. Reformed Churches (40%) [Not elected]16. Orthodox Quakerism (36%) [The Quakers have always fascinated me]17. Seventh-Day Adventist (36%) 18. Southern Baptist (36%) [Huh. I'm surprised I didn't score higher with these guys]19. Presbyterian Church USA (30%) 20. Reformed Baptist (30%) 21. Jehovah's Witness (20%) [There are just too many interesting cults to settle for the position of glorified door-to-door salesman]22. Liberal Quakerism (10%)23. Unitarian Universalism (4%)24. Unity Church (0%)

Good test; fun times. It's also nice to find a thread where folks aren't bashing their former faiths in the extreme. I get rather irked when I see converts constantly portraying Protestantism as completely anemic. There are some stunning expressions of faith to be found in these traditions; not nearly as much so as in Orthodoxy, granted, but still oases in their own right. I love and am thankful for my Protestant past, but I look forward to a future, God willing, in the Church.

Also: does anyone know along what lines the various Hussite churches would fall in such a quiz?

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Well, that was a fun and very revealing quiz! I thought Orthodox would come out on top, though I wasn't expecting a 100% match! I'm even more surprised that Roman Catholic rated at 100% as I answered negative to one question based on a key RC doctrine. The denom I'm currently affiliated with only rated in the fifties.

Well, that was a fun and very revealing thread! I thought I would come out with Orthodox on top. I wasn't expecting a 100% match though! I'm even more surprised that Roman Catholic rated as 100% as I answered negative to one question based on a key RC doctrine. The denom I'm currently affiliated with only rated at 50%.

"Gooble, gobble! We accept her, one of us!"

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From my youth have many passions warred against me, but do Thou Thyself defend and save me, O Saviour.

these were my top 6:Orthodox Church (100%)Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (92%) Evangelical Lutheran Church (86%) Roman Catholic Church (86%) Episcopal/Anglican Church (72%) Methodist/Wesleyan Church (69%)

i have edited the top one, as they didn't distinguish between different orthodox churches, so nor will i.i included methodist as this was my 1st church as a small child. i think i would have scored higher if it had been a british quiz coz the brits got john wesley who was arminian (not too far from the orthodox doctrine) and the americans got whitfield (sorry, forgot his 1st name) who was a calvinist.

i hope no one actually uses it to decide which church to go too!that would be very nerdy to trust the computer...

i hope no one actually uses it to decide which church to go too!that would be very nerdy to trust the computer...

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"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft

Well, that was a fun and very revealing thread! I thought I would come out with Orthodox on top. I wasn't expecting a 100% match though! I'm even more surprised that Roman Catholic rated as 100% as I answered negative to one question based on a key RC doctrine. The denom I'm currently affiliated with only rated at 50%.

"Gooble, gobble! We accept her, one of us!"

Thanks Kevlev...I think um...what am I being welcomed into exactly? It doesn't resemble any Orthodox church I've encountered Help?

BTW, what film was that still taken from? Looks creepy...

lol...Thanks for the welcome!

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Well, that was a fun and very revealing thread! I thought I would come out with Orthodox on top. I wasn't expecting a 100% match though! I'm even more surprised that Roman Catholic rated as 100% as I answered negative to one question based on a key RC doctrine. The denom I'm currently affiliated with only rated at 50%.

"Gooble, gobble! We accept her, one of us!"

Thanks Kevlev...I think um...what am I being welcomed into exactly? It doesn't resemble any Orthodox church I've encountered Help?

"as [you've] informed us that respect chills love, it is natural to conclude that all your pretty flights arise from your pampered sensibility; and that, vain of this fancied preeminence of organs, you foster every emotion till the fumes, mounting to your brain, dispel the sober suggestions of reason. It is not in this view surprising that when you should argue you become impassioned, and that reflection inflames your imagination instead of enlightening your understanding." - Mary Wollstonecraft

"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die [...] These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." -The Lord Jesus Christ

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"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die [...] These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." -The Lord Jesus Christ

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Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Thanks for the replies and information.

"stanley123's" questions 1 & 2 would make the difference, I know this reply by "stanley123" was written seriously, and is a serious question, but question 1 made me laugh.

However, being in the GOAA, question "3" might not necessarily distinguish the Eastern Orthodox from Roman Catholics, not that I don't understand it to be a canonical matter.

Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Thanks for the replies and information.

"stanley123's" questions 1 & 2 would make the difference, I know this reply by "stanley123" was written seriously, and is a serious question, but question 1 made me laugh.

However, being in the GOAA, question "3" might not necessarily distinguish the Eastern Orthodox from Roman Catholics, not that I don't understand it to be a canonical matter.

I am not sure why question 1 would make you laugh except that an EO would phrase the question differently - say 1 (EO) Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone and not from the Father and from the Son.Anyway, here are a few more questions which could be asked to distinguish between EO and RC:Do you agree, disagree or no opinion on the following:4. The Roman Pope is the infallible head of the Church.5. There is a clear distinction between venial and mortal sin.6. In making the sign of the cross, the righthand touches the left shoulder first, and the right shoulder after that. RC would agree with 4,5,6; EO disagree. The questions could be worded differently if you wanted to set it up so that EO would agree (and RC disagree). For example:4.(EO) There is no one person who is the infallible head of the Church.5.(EO) There is no clear distinction between venial and mortal sin.6. (EO) In making the sign of the cross, the righthand touches the right shoulder first, and the left shoulder after that. EO would agree with 4(EO), 5(EO), 6(EO).

Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Thanks for the replies and information.

"stanley123's" questions 1 & 2 would make the difference, I know this reply by "stanley123" was written seriously, and is a serious question, but question 1 made me laugh.

However, being in the GOAA, question "3" might not necessarily distinguish the Eastern Orthodox from Roman Catholics, not that I don't understand it to be a canonical matter.

6. In making the sign of the cross, the righthand touches the left shoulder first, and the right shoulder after that.

Dude, the sign of the cross is not a matter of Faith, it's a matter of Practice.Besides, WRO and OO both do the sign of the cross from left to right.

Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Thanks for the replies and information.

"stanley123's" questions 1 & 2 would make the difference, I know this reply by "stanley123" was written seriously, and is a serious question, but question 1 made me laugh.

However, being in the GOAA, question "3" might not necessarily distinguish the Eastern Orthodox from Roman Catholics, not that I don't understand it to be a canonical matter.

6. In making the sign of the cross, the righthand touches the left shoulder first, and the right shoulder after that.

Dude, the sign of the cross is not a matter of Faith, it's a matter of Practice.Besides, WRO and OO both do the sign of the cross from left to right.

Correct. It is just a question to be added to the others. In Yugoslavia, when they wanted to see who was RC and who was EO, they would ask the boys to make the sign of the cross. That gave them their answer.

Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Thanks for the replies and information.

"stanley123's" questions 1 & 2 would make the difference, I know this reply by "stanley123" was written seriously, and is a serious question, but question 1 made me laugh.

However, being in the GOAA, question "3" might not necessarily distinguish the Eastern Orthodox from Roman Catholics, not that I don't understand it to be a canonical matter.

6. In making the sign of the cross, the righthand touches the left shoulder first, and the right shoulder after that.

Dude, the sign of the cross is not a matter of Faith, it's a matter of Practice.Besides, WRO and OO both do the sign of the cross from left to right.

Correct. It is just a question to be added to the others. In Yugoslavia, when they wanted to see who was RC and who was EO, they would ask the boys to make the sign of the cross. That gave them their answer.

You're still forgetting that some canonical EO cross themselves from Left to Right.

Yes, "stanley123," "I believe...in the Holy Spirit...Who proceeds from the Father," directly. I laughed because the question goes right to the RC's jugular, the "filioque," controversy which is the symbol of what divides us.

Not much change it seems. Which of course, is why I cling to Orthodoxy.

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Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Thanks for the replies and information.

"stanley123's" questions 1 & 2 would make the difference, I know this reply by "stanley123" was written seriously, and is a serious question, but question 1 made me laugh.

However, being in the GOAA, question "3" might not necessarily distinguish the Eastern Orthodox from Roman Catholics, not that I don't understand it to be a canonical matter.

6. In making the sign of the cross, the righthand touches the left shoulder first, and the right shoulder after that.

Dude, the sign of the cross is not a matter of Faith, it's a matter of Practice.Besides, WRO and OO both do the sign of the cross from left to right.

Correct. It is just a question to be added to the others. In Yugoslavia, when they wanted to see who was RC and who was EO, they would ask the boys to make the sign of the cross. That gave them their answer.

You're still forgetting that some canonical EO cross themselves from Left to Right.

And of course, there are some Catholics (Eastern Catholics) who cross themselves from right to left. So that one question is not sufficient by itself to distinguish EO from RC in 100% of the time.

Eastern Orthodox 100%Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 100%Roman Catholic 100% So how can I be 100% Roman Catholic if I did not agree that authority is vested in one person or a group of people?

Yeah that quiz seems badly designed...

They need to add a couple of more questions to distinguish better between EO and RC.For example:1. Do you agree that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and from the Son?2. Do you believe in Purgatory?3. Do you agree with playing instrumental music, such as organ music, during Church services?

Thanks for the replies and information.

"stanley123's" questions 1 & 2 would make the difference, I know this reply by "stanley123" was written seriously, and is a serious question, but question 1 made me laugh.

However, being in the GOAA, question "3" might not necessarily distinguish the Eastern Orthodox from Roman Catholics, not that I don't understand it to be a canonical matter.

6. In making the sign of the cross, the righthand touches the left shoulder first, and the right shoulder after that.

Dude, the sign of the cross is not a matter of Faith, it's a matter of Practice.Besides, WRO and OO both do the sign of the cross from left to right.

Correct. It is just a question to be added to the others. In Yugoslavia, when they wanted to see who was RC and who was EO, they would ask the boys to make the sign of the cross. That gave them their answer.

You're still forgetting that some canonical EO cross themselves from Left to Right.

And of course, there are some Catholics (Eastern Catholics) who cross themselves from right to left. So that one question is not sufficient by itself to distinguish EO from RC in 100% of the time.